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leovat217
leovat217
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October 12, 2024
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Time machine and my LR Presets

  • October 12, 2024
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Can I retrieve User Presets (Develop Presets) from a Mac TimeMachine backup? I haf ab ilder mac ans just biught a new one. Dli sid a cowan install amd hust need my presets. Please. Can anyone help. 

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leovat217
leovat217Author
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October 12, 2024

Sorry for the typos. Trying again

Can I retrieve User Presets (Develop Presets) from a Mac TimeMachine backup? I had an  older  2017 mac and just bought a new one. I opted to do a clean install amd just need my presets. Please. Can anyone help. 

 
JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 12, 2024

It depends on which version of Lightroom you are using. Your post was moved to the 'Lightroom ecosystem' forum, but it sounds like that may still be the wrong forum. If you really use Lightroom, then there is no need to retrieve anything from a Time Machine backup. Your presets are all in the cloud, so logging into your account on your new computer is all you need to do.

 

If you use Lightroom Classic however (and it does sound that way), then your presets are stored locally and can indeed be restored on the new computer from a Time Machine backup of the old one. Here's the location of them: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-classic-file-locations/

You may also want to read this: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-move-lightroom-to-new-computer/

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
    leovat217
    leovat217Author
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    October 12, 2024

    Hi Johan,

    Thank you for your resonse and excuse all those typos. I was super tired and frustrated when i wrote that post. Anyway, I'm running the newest version of LRC as i just downloaded oit off the adobes site. I really wanted to do a clean install to my new MB pro max. My last mac had 600 gigs of god knows what. Anyway i have been searching like crazy in my time machine backup for all those presets i used in LR.

    Some i bought but a lot I created. I can't figure it out. With my old computer, (2017 MBP)  I had a pretty much new version of LRC as well, I was able to find the stored folder thu LR preferences when I needed to add new presets i bought. Thanks for any guidance. And that LR queen site was not helpful in this situation. .  Thanks so much!  Leo

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